Integrated crop-livestock systems and climate change policies

Authors

  • Marcos da Silva Fernandes Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), Departamento de Ciências Econômicas, Palmas, TO, Brasil.
  • Marcus Vinicius Alves Finco Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), Departamento de Administração, Palmas, TO, Brasil.

Keywords:

Agriforestal systems, linear programming, carbon credit.

Abstract

The Brazilian scenario for the agricultural activity expansion has generated economic returns to the country, but with high environmental liability. Within this context, the National Plan on Climate Change and the National Program for a Low Carbon Agriculture (LCA) were launched. This study aimed to simulate scenarios of agricultural production in the North-Central region of the Mato Grosso State, Brazil. By using linear programming models, the potential of crop-livestock integration (CLI) systems was evaluated as a low carbon emission alternative to the traditional agricultural systems in the region. The results showed that CLI systems cannot be considered an attractive alternative to the farmers, since there are production strategies that generate higher economic gains. Likewise, the tools implemented by the LCA program were not enough for promoting the agricultural production in CLI systems. The study also aimed to evaluate the impact of the Certified Emission Reduction (CER) in areas planted under CLI systems. The results showed that the carbon credit system can be an important fomenting tool, in which, at the rate of $ 25.00 per CER (1 ton of equivalent CO2), the producer could get expressive economic gains, due to the implementation of CLI systems.

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Author Biographies

Marcos da Silva Fernandes, Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), Departamento de Ciências Econômicas, Palmas, TO, Brasil.

Graduado em Ciências Econômicas pela Universidade Federal de Goiás, Mestre em Desenvolvimento Regional pela Universidade Federal do Tocantins. Atua na área de economia agrícola e economia dos recursos naturais e meio ambiente.

Marcus Vinicius Alves Finco, Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), Departamento de Administração, Palmas, TO, Brasil.

PhD pelo Institute of Agricultural Economics da Universitaet Hohenheim (Alemanha), com Pós-Doutorado na School of Forestry & Environmental Studies da Yale University (EUA), e Pós-Doutorado no Institute of Agricultural Economics da Universitaet Hohenheim (Alemanha). Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), é docente permanente do Mestrado em Desenvolvimento Regional desta Instituição.

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Published

2014-07-07

How to Cite

FERNANDES, M. da S.; FINCO, M. V. A. Integrated crop-livestock systems and climate change policies. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 2, n. 1, p. 182–190, 2014. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/26242. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

Issue

v. 44, n. 2, Apr./Jun. 2014

Section

Rural Development and Agribusiness

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